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Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI - Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tòng Thị Phóng has proposed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) work closely with the Vietnamese Government in efforts to curb diseases and increase the quality of public health care. The Vice Chairwoman made the proposal when receiving WHO Director-General Margaret Chan in Hà Nội yesterday. The legislator hoped that the WHO will continue providing and updating health information in Việt Nam as well as in the region and beyond, while supporting the country in improving its capacity for health workers, especially at the grassroots level. She noted that the active assistance and co-operation of the WHO over the past few years has helped Việt Nam gain significant achievements in improving public health care and realising the UN's millennium development goals. Việt Nam is particularly interested in developing its health care network at the grassroots level, especially in disadvantaged and border areas, she said. The … [Read more...] about WHO called on to help Việt Nam improve public health care

Legal aid, public health draw eye of National Assembly (11-11-2006) HA NOI — Regulations on legal aid for civilians, criminals, extradition and transfer of prisoners received the approval of National Assembly deputies at their session, which discussed the two draft laws on legal aid and communicable diseases, yesterday. According to the Law on Legal Aid, the Ministry of Justice is in charge of giving legal aid to civilians, the People’s Supreme Procuracy to criminals and the Ministry of Public Security will decide on transferring prisoners. Under the draft law, the provincial/city people’s courts are authorised to take decisions on extradition and the Ministry of Public Security on implementing the decision. However, Le Manh Hung from Ha Tinh Province wanted extradition to be dealt with by the Chief Judge of the provincial People’s Court. Le Thi Nga from Thanh Hoa Province requested the drafting committee to have stricter rules for extradition to avoid risks to … [Read more...] about Legal aid, public health draw eye of National Assembly

Security minister active in India
Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang has stated that Vietnam
always appreciates traditional friendship and strategic partnership with
India and its “Look East” policy.
Meeting with Indian National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon in
New Delhi on October 31, Minister Quang said Vietnam highly values the
Indian Government’s approval of 24.8 million USD in official development
assistance for the construction of Dien Bien – Tay Trang road, as part
of a project on new highway linking India, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnams and
Cambodia.
He noted the growing bilateral cooperation across security, law
enforcement and anti-crimes over the past time, adding that he hopes
Menon will facilitate links between the National Security Council of
India (NSC) and the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MoPS).
The guest also suggested the NSC and MoPS promptly sign a memorandum
of understanding on cooperation, thus creating a legal … [Read more...] about Minister of Public Security active in India

For the sake of public health By Son Nguyen in HCMC Some 30 children are inflected with the hand-foot-mouth disease every hour, or 700 victims a day, or 5,000 a week. And, this year to date has seen some 80,000 children being rushed to hospital for treatment of the disease, and still, 137 of them have been killed. The widespread prevalence of the disease puts the society under tenterhooks, prompting local media to repeatedly grill the Health Ministry over delays in announcing a national epidemic. The Health Minister in by all means a straightforward manner says “No.” Hundreds of news articles have been published these days, highlighting the seriousness of the epidemic that has panicked the community from south to north. All the 63 provinces and cities nationwide have reported the spreading disease, with numerous cases being hospitalized every hour, especially in the country’s centers like Hanoi and HCMC. Local media and experts from far and wide have been waiting for … [Read more...] about For the sake of public health

Deputy PM Phạm Gia Khiêm assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to complete, approve and sign the Program's documents with the donors. The MARD was also entrusted to collaborate with the ministries of Health, Education and Training, Culture and Information to implement the Program. The UN Program in fact is the second stage of the Program: "Strengthening the management of public health emergencies" ratified by the PM in 2005, which was aimed at controlling and eradicating HPAI in domestic poultry, enhancing the national and local capacity to detect, diagnose, monitor and control outbreaks of diseases of epidemic potential, and assisting Vietnam in preparing for, responding to and recovering from public health emergencies such as HPAI. By Phương Uyên (Source: Document 7373/VPCP-QHQT) … [Read more...] about UN Program on strengthening public health management extended to Stage 2